SPRINGFIELD — Eight people were forced from their home after a fire damaged a multifamily house in the Hungry Hill section of the city late Sunday afternoon.

No one was injured in the 4:46 p.m. blaze at 11-13 Grover St., which started on the top floor of the three-story building and spread to a lower floor, said Dennis Leger, aide to Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant.

Leger said the fire broke out after a heat lamp fell over and burned a hole in the floor, spreading to the second floor. The lamp was used to warm a pet snake, which died in the fire, he said.

Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, which caused up to $60,000 in damage to the Grover Street residence near the corner of Armory Street.

The American Red Cross was helping residents find temporary housing. The first floor of the building was vacant, but five adults and an infant lived on the third floor and one adult and a child on the second floor, Leger said.

MAP showing approximate location of house fire at 11-13 Grover St. in the Hungry Hill neighborhood: